Defeat of Og King of Bashan

Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan(A) with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.(B) The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid(C) of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down,(D) leaving no survivors.(E) At that time we took all his cities.(F) There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom(G) in Bashan.(H) All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. We completely destroyed[a] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying[b](I) every city—men, women and children. But all the livestock(J) and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites(K) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.(L) (Hermon is called Sirion(M) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)(N) 10 We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah(O) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(P) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[c] It is still in Rabbah(Q) of the Ammonites.)

Division of the Land

12 Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer(R) by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns. 13 The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh.(S) (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites.(T) 14 Jair,(U) a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites;(V) it was named(W) after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.[d]) 15 And I gave Gilead to Makir.(X) 16 But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River,(Y) which is the border of the Ammonites. 17 Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah,(Z) from Kinnereth(AA) to the Sea of the Arabah(AB) (that is, the Dead Sea(AC)), below the slopes of Pisgah.

18 I commanded you at that time: “The Lord your God has given(AD) you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites.(AE) 19 However, your wives,(AF) your children and your livestock(AG) (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you, 20 until the Lord gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”

Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

21 At that time I commanded Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. The Lord will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. 22 Do not be afraid(AH) of them;(AI) the Lord your God himself will fight(AJ) for you.”

23 At that time I pleaded(AK) with the Lord: 24 “Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness(AL) and your strong hand. For what god(AM) is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works(AN) you do?(AO) 25 Let me go over and see the good land(AP) beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.(AQ)

26 But because of you the Lord was angry(AR) with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah(AS) and look west and north and south and east.(AT) Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross(AU) this Jordan.(AV) 28 But commission(AW) Joshua, and encourage(AX) and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across(AY) and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.” 29 So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.(AZ)

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  3. Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
  4. Deuteronomy 3:14 Or called the settlements of Jair

打敗巴珊王噩(A)

「我們又轉回,朝巴珊的路上去。巴珊和他的眾百姓出來迎擊我們,在以得來與我們交戰。 耶和華對我說:『不要怕他!因我已把他和他的眾百姓,以及他的地,都交在你手中;你要待他像從前待住在希實本亞摩利西宏一樣。』 於是耶和華—我們的 神也把巴珊和他的眾百姓都交在我們手中;我們殺了他,沒有給他留下一個倖存者。 那時,我們奪了他一切的城鎮,共六十座,沒有一座城不被我們所奪,這是亞珥歌伯的全境,巴珊的國度。 這些堅固的城都有高的城牆,有門有閂,此外,還有許多無城牆的鄉村。 我們把這些都毀滅了,像從前待希實本西宏一樣,毀滅各城的男人、女人、孩子; 只有一切牲畜和城中的財物,我們取為自己的掠物。 那時,我們從兩個亞摩利王的手裏把約旦河東邊的地奪過來,從亞嫩谷直到黑門山 黑門山西頓人稱為西連亞摩利人稱為示尼珥 10 我們奪了平原的各城、基列全地、巴珊全地,直到撒迦以得來,都是巴珊國內的城鎮。 11 利乏音人所剩下的只有巴珊。看哪,他的床是鐵床,按照人肘的度量,長九肘,寬四肘,現今不是在亞捫人的拉巴嗎?」

約旦河東土地的分配(B)

12 「那時,我們得了這地。從亞嫩谷旁的亞羅珥起,連同基列山區的一半和境內的城鎮,我都給了呂便人和迦得人。 13 基列其餘的地和巴珊全地,就是的國度,我給了瑪拿西半支派。亞珥歌伯全境就是巴珊全地,也稱為利乏音人之地。 14 瑪拿西的子孫睚珥佔領了亞珥歌伯全境,直到基述人和瑪迦人的邊界,就按自己的名字稱這些地,就是巴珊,為哈倭特‧睚珥,直到今日。 15 我又將基列給了瑪吉 16 我給了呂便人和迦得人從基列亞嫩谷,以谷的中央為界,直到亞捫人邊界的雅博河 17 還有亞拉巴和靠近約旦河之地,從基尼烈直到亞拉巴海,就是鹽海,以及毗斯迦山斜坡的山腳東邊之地。

18 「那時,我吩咐你們說:『耶和華—你們的 神已將這地賜給你們為業;你們所有的勇士都要帶着兵器,在你們的弟兄以色列人前面過去。 19 但你們的妻子、孩子、牲畜,可以住在我所賜給你們的各城裏,我知道你們有許多牲畜。 20 等到耶和華讓你們的弟兄像你們一樣,得享太平,他們在約旦河另一邊,也得了耶和華—你們的 神所賜給他們的地,你們各人才可以回到我所賜給你們為業之地。』 21 那時,我吩咐約書亞說:『你親眼看見了耶和華—你們的 神向這兩個王一切所做的事,耶和華也必向你所要去的各國照樣做。 22 不要怕他們,因為那為你們爭戰的是耶和華—你們的 神。』」

摩西不得進入迦南

23 「那時,我懇求耶和華說: 24 『主耶和華啊,你已開始將你的偉大和你大能的手顯給你僕人看。在天上,在地下,有甚麼神明能像你行事,像你有大能的作為呢? 25 求你讓我過去,看約旦河另一邊的美地,就是那佳美的山區和黎巴嫩。』 26 但耶和華因你們的緣故向我發怒,不應允我。耶和華對我說:『你夠了吧!不要再向我提這事。 27 你上毗斯迦山頂去,向東、西、南、北舉目,用你的眼睛觀看,因為你必不能過這約旦河 28 你卻要吩咐約書亞,勉勵他,使他壯膽,因為他必在這百姓前面過去,使他們承受你所要觀看之地。』 29 於是我們停留在伯‧毗珥對面的谷中。」

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)

10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.

15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.

18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

22 Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.

23 And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,

24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

26 But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.